teacher/student relations (Huntsville, Union: 2015, high school, gated)

[SoulSonicForce]

Former Alabama teacher marries female student, 18, after indictment for inappropriate relationship | gulflive.com

Teacher indicted for sexual relations with student now married to her

This sort of thing goes on often in Alabama (not necessarily "former" teacher-student marriage). Especially, in your rural towns where sports is valued more than academics. This dirtbag is a disgrace to the student-mentor concept. Some may think this is cute and ok, but as an educator he should have had better control of his temptations. Can't say much about the girl. Most high school females are always flooding around the "handsome" male teacher's desk everyday before class, during break, whenever they can; playing with him as if he were a student. The sad thing is..the male teacher just goes along with it most of the time. This is ok until he starts getting certain desires about one or some of them.

[LCTMadison]

Umm, yeah...let's not put it all on the young girls and male teachers.

It seems there is a lot more "female teacher" and "male student" action than visa versa.

Female Sparkman High teacher being investigated following allegations of sex with students | AL.com

[Badin]

This problem is not unique to Huntsville or to Alabama. It's not even unique to the current times.

I attended a private high school in another state and there were at least three such situations when I was a student there over 40 years ago. One led to marriage after graduation but the other two did not.

Even in junior high there were rumors of such behavior and it made some of the new teachers nervous. A young teacher rescinded his offer of a ride to an extracurricular activity after two other students who planned to go had to cancel. He said it wasn't worth his job to give a ride to a lone female student and risk the allegations.

Sometimes I think there's just more open talk about these sorts of things now. Human nature hasn't changed all that much, but how we judge and discuss each other has changed.

[ashpelham]

Frankly, it probably goes against human nature to call a relationship with a 16 year old female or 17 year old female illegal. Is it? Yes, and I hope it stays that way. But we used to marry boys and girls of that age off to live life alone and make a life for themselves.

Alabama seems to have the market cornered on these type of relationships. And think of all the little churches on every little corner in every little town.

Alabama-the most hypocritical and most repressed state in the Union.

[writerwife]

And that explains this:

[Becky2517]

Some may think this is cute and ok

Cute? Nothing cute about it!

Those are brilliant WW!!

[writerwife]

Aren't they tho??!! The first time I ever saw that 1872 one I remember saying.. I knew there was a reason (other than kids, lol) I never had aspirations of being a teacher.